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. -0. L. PARMENTHR.

Paper-Pocket for Cigars.

Patented July 9 Orville lLPamenZer ORYiLLE Lfipmiisxine, OF S UT EITAYQTOK, =ASSIGEGR To semis is,

PARMENTER. 0F SAME PLACE, AND .1 "A. 1).KIMBARK,OFFHIGAHO,

To all- .07am; it may concern:

Be iii known that I, ()RVXLLE L, 'IFAR EN TER, of South Evonston, county of Cook, emi

State of 11linois, ha.ve invented anew and use fulimprovemenfiin Cigar Pocket-s oi: Eel-11ers,

which is foliy described in the ibllowihg; specification, reference-=heing had to the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1 representse plan View of e continuous chain or strip of cigar-pockets, arranged.

portly within a holding-box, a portion of which is broken awe-y; Fig-.fi, an elevation of e few pockets with cigars .phiccd therein, ohe'of pile pockets being partly tor owey; Big. 3, e cross section ofzthe samemeow the hue aw, Fig.

number of cigars; 2.116. Fig; f'epi'o'seii -s o moiliication 111 construction, shewizs l-Qfioshic rows of stitching.

The object of my inveniion is to proshie e cheap, convenient home's, eilepzeai choose of retail deeless iii deiiveriiicigars to their customers, and also of monolecmrorshi peck ingcigei's iii boxes, mid which m he either singly, or ieaheriee, as maiy he desired.

The invention consists iii'a, ci pochet; or holder, formed byfoiding a sheet of oeper or other suitable material, or placing one sheet upon another without folding, and then joiw ing themtogether oi; suiiehic mommies iorm pockets of a. size odeyte i i'o receive one each, and pea".omtixsg the meteriei iieltweon' 'wesses are the lines along which the two {hi joined, whereby a portion of the poohctmey be reodilytom away.

It also consisfs in e. specialv ziiei-ho lof eon-' shooting a. series-of pockets miov 2; single strip of paper, as will he hereinafter fully set forth. Y

, In the drowln 's A re resents a continuous strip of poekets,adopte 1 to receive cigars,

Eformed by doubling a; strip of paper, Oi. other. suitable material, upon itself,-ihc strip hoing of such width -that, when doubled, it will he eigar.- The two thicknessesof the sheet. thus of stitching suffieiently large to receive e large.

sized cigar. 'A seiiesofpookeis or recepta-cics,

' 5, will time he formed, each one of which divided. from the others, and each of which is ozieoted: to receive a cigar. folded edge of the strip wiil provide a. closed 'hotioii ihi the poohet,while at; the ethos edge there i l he openings bee-ween the stitchiiigsfo reee 'm the eight. This edge at the OpBEH HQS HARfI he notched between ,the stitching, as shown in the drawings, if tiesireii, to iaciiitote the iiisertion of the cigars, though this feature of con-.. struction is not necessary.

The bottom oriohled edge is heater or moi:

on e zigzag line, b,ari"ongei (is shown i: ig.

10* the drawings, so thatthe interiormeeting '11 of the inclined lines will bohetweez t-hc of stitching 'lhi's creasing or heiiqiiog' will permit the pockets to be spread opeii,.emi presentsomcthiiig like 2:. stleightcllgell hoti'oii their iowei' ends.

The strip of paper is also noted along lines o, avenged about midway cetweehi the Zines 0? stitching, and ihis ei'foieiioii at the hot-tom of the pocket, in connection with :he re-eiiiei'ing lines 5), permits the pockets to be folded up along the lines 2) (l-11d 0, so ti ioothey will lie .ziga-ilist each other or pack i ihi box, flattened out along the lines o, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drzuvings.

This construction also gives ihesti-ig'i e cs1 -tein amount of elasticity, so the; the iioclwis,

when free, will open not; in the shape in cross section substentiaily as shows; in Fig. 3 of the GZfiAViHgS, each pocket heiiig edegited w receive a cigar, (J; and whet-her the eiger isv of Sarge or smeli size iii W 15i be hohi between the sides of the pocket on acooimt oi' che elasticity in the latter.

The line of perforations c eiior iso oily means for separating thepockets, for the heckets can always be torn apurt easily along the porihmted lines, each pocket being di ided at about its median line, as ShOWlLiil Fig. 2 of the ,di'ziwin gs.

Now, it is'evhlcnt thetachcap oigzzrhoideris thus provided in such shape thatit can be readily used by the retail Cieolez' for any munher of cigars sold at a time. If out a single the number ot pocket-s required, and no more, can be torn off together, so as to form asortof casein which the cigars are placed, each one isolated from the others, as shown in 2 and 3 of the drawings, which is a. great ih-sideratuni, as, when cigars are placed in a case in contact with each other, there is ad \\'a \s danger of injury to the wrappers by rubbing against each other.

The case ol pockets given to the purchaser with his cigars is also convenient for his use, for whenever he wishes to use a cigar he tears away an outer division, and exposes the cigar so that it. can be taken out without; iniury to the wrapper, while, at the sametime, the size ol the ease conveniently reduced.

it desired, the pockets may be arranged in cases adapted to contain a detinite number of cie'ars,'the edges of the eases being trimn'ied, as shown in Fig. 4. of the drawings, so as to present a somewhat neuter appearance.

The material whit-h l pretl-r to use is paper, a clean lanila paperbeine especially adapted to this purpose; but some kinds of cloth or other material may answer the purpose about as well, and tlleietlire i do not contine mysell to pockets made oi paper.

l have (ll-scribed the construction of the pockets by means of a folded strip; but the same resnlt can be accomplished byusing two separate strips of paper, or other material, and joining them at one edge by stitching, pasting, or in some other way,.thou,qh 1. pre tor the i'olded strip, as it nialiesa min-h neuter article.

The two thicknesses ot' the, material may also be ioined alone the lines a. by pasting, or in some other way, instead of stitching, though the latter I have found desirable, because it; etl'ectually prevents the opening of the pockets into each other, which might, occur with pasting.

For the minvenience ol" cigar-dealers I provide a box, 1), adapted to receive astrip of pockets compressedtogether and packed, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. This box is constructed to slide within the case- B in a. way well known, the case being open at; one or both ends, preferably zit. one end only.

The box at. the end which is to be drawn out is provided with a narrow strip, (1, covering the top or the case for a slight; distance back. The continuous i cliainstrip of pockets is packed in the box. the latter bein adapted to hold any definite number, and iii use the box is drawn outslightly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of t he dra wings. A few of the pockets are permitted to hang upon the outside, and the strip is caught; alongone of the stitched litres (lbetween the inner edge of the strip (Z and the upper edgeot' the end of the case E, thereby preventing thopulling out; of a long length ofthe-strip when the pockets are torn olt' for use. These pockets or holders are also adapted to the use of manufacturers in packing cigars in bores, for it is evident that by employing these pockets the cigars may be packed in an isolated condition, and it suitable paper is used the moisture will be absorbed thereby. A package of this kind will be very desirable for choice brands of cigars. For this purpose it is not absolutely necessary to perforate the strip as described above, although it; will be a matter oi convenience in packing and removing: the cigars; and, instead of the line ol 1 iertorations above described, some other device may be employed in making the pockets for any use. For instance, a slit-inlay be made nearly across the strip, itbeingneeessary only that; there shouldlieso little material left; that the'poelccts may be easily torn away.

if desired, the stitching or other fastening may be in double lines arranged near together, as shown in Fig. 5 ot' the drawings, in which case the line of perforations is made between the double stitching.

It is evident that; with this construction whenever a single pocket is torn olt' there will be no waste, as is the case when constructed atoshown in the other figures, and for this rea son the double stitching maybe sometimes preferred.

This invention may, of course, be adapted to cigarette-ho]ders, and itmay also be adapted for use to hold stick eonticctiionery and to pacl; lamp-ehimneys in, and anions other purposes in which the articles to be inca-sed are substantially straight or of stick form. For some oi these purposes itwill notbe found necessary to make the receptacles with one end closed, and, in fact, the bottom or closed end might be out out somewhat, even for eigars, without. material injury. The construction with one end closed. is, however, preterable for this purpose.

Lila-ving thus described my invention, what- 1' claim as new, and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent, 15-

1. A series of pockets or receptacles i'or eigars composed of two thicknesses of suitable material, fastened together atone edge and along the transverse lines a, and perforated transversely along the lines 0 between the lines a, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The method of constructing cigar pockets or receptacles by folding a strip of material of suitable width upon itself once and then fasteningthetwo thicknesses together along transverse lines arranged sut'tioient-ly far apart; to provide an inelosed space large enough to hold a sin gle cigar, and perforating the strip trans ver'sely between the fastening lines, substantially as described. V

3. An elastic chain-strip of cigar-pockets composed of av single piece of material folded uponitself, fastened together along the transverse lines a, bent or creased at the folded edge on a zigzag line, I), and pertbrated along the lines o, substantially as described.

ORYILL'E L. PARMIL IPI'IR.

Wi messes:

L. A. HUNTING, JNO. O. MAUGREGOR. 

